I gave up on the NBA years ago when ESPN started cramming it down our throats. Was really good product when NBC had rights. Marc Albert and Mike Fratello calling Bulls/Knicks, Bulls/Pistons, Pacers/Knicks was as good as it got. Bob Costas and Pat Riley in the NBC studio. Then Julius Erving and Peter Vescey replaced Riley. NBC was willing to show multiple games at the same time. So the whole country wasn't stuck with one game.
That awesome NBC intro music was downright beautiful and very catchy. Teams like the Suns and Magic wore badass alternate uniforms with creative logos, and boring script was less prominent. NBA Inside Stuff on Saturday mornings at 10:00 with Ahmad Rashad and Summer Sanders was quality TV.

Game has become soft as hell. Very few or no rivalries. Players ignore mid range game. Offenses are just half court oriented. Players sitting out games and bitch about not getting enough rest, despite that never being a problem in the '80s and '90s. And now selling hideous ads on uniforms. So frick the NBA. Don't miss it at all.

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Posted by wildtigercat93

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Posted on 1/5/17 at 12:03 am to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11

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I gave up on the NBA years ago when ESPN started cramming it down our throats. Was really good product when NBC had rights. Marc Albert and Mike Fratello calling Bulls/Knicks, Bulls/Pistons, Pacers/Knicks was as good as it got. Bob Costas and Pat Riley in the NBC studio. Then Julius Erving and Peter Vescey replaced Riley. NBC was willing to show multiple games at the same time. So the whole country wasn't stuck with one game. That awesome NBC intro music was downright beautiful and very catchy. Teams like the Suns and Magic wore badass alternate uniforms with creative logos, and boring script was less prominent. NBA Inside Stuff on Saturday mornings at 10:00 with Ahmad Rashad and Summer Sanders was quality TV. Game has become soft as hell. Very few or no rivalries. Players ignore mid range game. Offenses are just half court oriented. Players sitting out games and bitch about not getting enough rest, despite that never being a problem in the '80s and '90s. So frick the NBA. Don't miss it at all.

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Posted by PrimeTime Money

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Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 1/5/17 at 8:10 am to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11

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I gave up on the NBA years ago when ESPN started cramming it down our throats. Was really good product when NBC had rights. Marc Albert and Mike Fratello calling Bulls/Knicks, Bulls/Pistons, Pacers/Knicks was as good as it got. Bob Costas and Pat Riley in the NBC studio. Then Julius Erving and Peter Vescey replaced Riley. NBC was willing to show multiple games at the same time. So the whole country wasn't stuck with one game. That awesome NBC intro music was downright beautiful and very catchy. Teams like the Suns and Magic wore badass alternate uniforms with creative logos, and boring script was less prominent. NBA Inside Stuff on Saturday mornings at 10:00 with Ahmad Rashad and Summer Sanders was quality TV. Game has become soft as hell. Very few or no rivalries. Players ignore mid range game. Offenses are just half court oriented. Players sitting out games and bitch about not getting enough rest, despite that never being a problem in the '80s and '90s. And now selling hideous ads on uniforms. So frick the NBA. Don't miss it at all.

Marv Albert and Mike Fratello still call games.

Inside the NBA is way better than Bob Costas and Pat Riley.

NBA Inside Stuff still has new episodes that come on.

Offenses are not half-court oriented at all. That was the 90's. The pace was extremely slow in the 90's. The game is fast today.

You're just cranky.

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